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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on July 26, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 July 1939392,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
392,738 km244,036 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 16, 1939 at 21:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 23, 193911:34
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 31, 193906:37

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1939 to the new moon of August 15, 1939, a cycle of 29.29 days.